WKFL (1170 AM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

broadcasting a

classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...

format. Licensed to

Bushnell, Florida Bushnell is a city in western Florida and is the county seat of Sumter County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,418 at the 2010 census. According to the U.S. Census estimates of 2018, the city had a population of 3,119. History A pos ...

, United States, the station is now owned by Ferris Waller, through licensee Walco Enterprises, LLC.

History

The station went on the air as WWLB on 1986-10-06, licensed to Wildwood. On 1987-09-04, the station changed its call sign to WBEA, on 1987-11-09 to the current WKFL. WKFL-AM 1170 Bushnell Original Call Letters: WWLB Originally Licensed: Oct 6, 1986 Original City of License: Bushnell Original Frequency: 1170 Origin of Call Letters: Original Power: 1,000 watts daytime Original Location: Original Format: Country Network Affiliation(s): Owner(s): 1986-Sumter County Radio 1989-StarStrip Communications Inc. 1993-Maranatha Media 2001-Walker Information & Education Institute 2001-K Florida Radio, Inc. 2004-Talknsports, Inc. ($155,000) 2011-Scott Walker 2012-Zeigler Media Svcs (LMA) History Of Call Letters and Formats: WWLB-1986-Gospel WKFL-1987-Country (Simulcast-WKIQ-AM 1240) "Country 1170 and 1240" WBEA-1987-Country "Country 1170" WKFL-1992-Sports WKFL-1992-Gospel/Sports WKFL-1998-Urban Gospel "American Family Radio" "Mighty Gospel 1170 AM" WKFL-1998-Gospel/NASCAR/College Football WKFL-1999-Urban Gospel WKFL-2004-Southern Gospel WKFL-2006-Licensed/Silent WKFL-2007-Sports WKFL-2007-Licensed/Silent WKFL-2008-Sports WKFL-2009-Licensed/Silent WKFL-2010-Sports "Sporting News Radio" WKFL-2010-Classic Country "Real Country USA" WKFL-2011-Licensed/Silent WKFL-2012-Classic Country "Kickin' Country" WKFL-2018-Licnesed/Silent WKFL-2019-Variety "Boss Hogg Radio"

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KFL Radio stations established in 1986 1986 establishments in Florida KFL {{Florida-radio-station-stub